The long, strange trip that began in Charles Burns' X'ed Out and continued in The Hive reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end, but not before Doug is forced to deal with the lie he's been telling himself since the beginning. Mark Frauenfelder reviews.

Last month, Patrick Lohier interviewed Charles Burns about Sugar Skull, the final installment of his engrossingly weird cartoon trilogy that began with X'ed Out and was followed by The Hive.

Sugar Skull is out today, and we have some sample pages for you to enjoy!

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